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Philosophy of George Berkeley

it, these are all abstractions on the concept of the apple in the first place. These notions could not be made without the immedi...

Whose Justice? Which Rationality? by Alasdair MacIntyre

of the Catholic Church. MacIntyre introduces his principal thesis in Whose Justice? Which Rationality? by pointing out that form...

Secular Society and Doubt and Belief

In five pages society's incorporation of religion is discussed in terms of several philosophical views that include mainstream rel...

Civil Disobedience and Philosophy

permission. Abraham Lincoln promoted the Platonic view in his Gettysburg Address in saying that the government should be "of the ...

Cloning and the Philosophy of Immanuel Kant

manner in order to attain end-E" (Honderich, 1995, p. 436). For example, a person might resolve to pay a bill as soon as it is rec...

Mind, Time, and Space According to Critique on Pure Reason by Immanuel Kant

conditions and development; contrarily, humanity may also perceive the world as a more direct understanding based upon their spiri...

Complexities of Self Philosophy, Language, and Consciousness

must recognize that the consciousness (cit) is a separate phenomena which is present regardless of the presence or absence of stim...

Happiness As Defined by Aristotle, Is It Still Relevant?

achieve this level of human excellence by adhering to the fourteen axioms acts of Nicomachean Ethics, which included gentility, ho...

Education, Knowledge, the Human Soul, and Plato's 'Allegory of the Cave'

the topic of education. He says, "Next, said I, compare our nature in respect of education and its lack to such an experience as t...

A Justification of Alien Abductioins from a Utilitarian Perspective

holds that terms such as "good" and "right" are defined on the basis of which behavior provides the greatest benefit to the larges...

Ethical Views of the Movie Saving Private Ryan

the face of it, to go against the utilitarian principle of the "greatest good of the greatest number", taking a more long-term vie...

Attack on Personal Identity by David Hume and Karl Popper's Response

In five pages Hume's attack on the self or personal identity is discussed as represented in A Treatise of Human Nature and also co...

Human Nature According to Edmund Burke and Karl Marx

In six pages this paper discusses human nature from the philosophical perspectives of Karl Marx and Edmund Burke in a consideratio...

'To Be is to Be Perceived' According to George Berkeley

In four page this paper examines Berkeley's philosophical concept as represented in his text Treatise Concerning the Principles of...

Books I, II, and III of Nicomachean Ethics by Aristotle

In a paper consisting of five pages the concepts of human good, the 'doctrine of the mean,' and 'phronesis' as presented in Books ...

God, Nature, and Human Knowledge and the Philosophies of John Locke and Rene Descartes

what Descartes believed to be the existence of humanity and humanitys understanding of what knowledge truly is. In a comparison of...

Knowledge Analysis by David Hume

personal desire to do so, rather than depending upon automatic reaction or stimulation. "The skeptic, therefore, had better keep ...

Self Identity According to David Hume

and the imagination. However, he states that gaining an idea of self from the presentation given by the senses initially cannot re...

2000 Case of Conjoined Twins and Legal Alternatives

II. Facts of the Case The case in question was presented to Lord Justice Ward, Lord Justice Brooke and Lord Justice Robert Wal...

Thomas Hobbes and Aristotle on Human Nature

the civilization that had sprung up, flourished for centuries, and now stood on the brink of massive change in his native land of ...

Bertrand Russell on the Arguments of John Locke and Rene Descartes

In six pages this report assess which philosophical argument Bertrand Russell would support in an examination of Russell's Problem...

Rome & Greece: Good, Dutiful Citizens Versus Athletic Ability, Philosophical Issues And Physical Beauty

fully clothed to completely nude was a symbol in and of itself: Aphrodite had begun a journey exemplifying female physical beauty,...

Ethical Perspectives on Factory Farm Raising of Animals for Human Consumption

with the profits generated from their production of greater importance than the care and welfare of the animals (505). During the...

John Stuart Mill's Utilitarianism Chapter 4

He and a group of utilitarians formed a small Utilitarian Society based on many of the writings of Bentham. His many works appeare...

Fallacious, Informal Proof Argument Defending A Grade

a B by virtue of having the same answers as the student who actually did his own work on the final (Cohen, 2004)....

Muslim Women - Oppressed

injustice" (Cudd, 2006, p. 23). This means that oppression is perpetuated through some sort of social institution or through the p...

Philosophy Topics

the Buddhist worldview and the goal of detaching oneself from the material world and the body. "Thought is an attribute that rea...

The Pre-Existent Divine Word Or Son Took On Human Nature

Father, as being from above, and other such phrases (Kasper, 1978, p. 173). Jesus was in all ways like us with one great exceptio...

What Is the Objective of the Philosophical Investigation?

book by Scott Soames; he asks what 20th century analytic philosophy comes to, and reveals that "Soames thinks its two most importa...

Strategic Human Resource Development

This 30 page paper looks at what is meant by Strategic Human Resource Development (SHRD), how it differences from human resource d...